PART I: Introduction to Scientific Reasoning

CHAPTER 1 Psychology Is a Way of Thinking

CHAPTER 2 Sources of Information: Why Research Is Best and How to Find It

CHAPTER 3 Three Claims, Four Validities: Interrogation Tools for Consumers of Research

 

PART II: Research Foundations for Any Claim

CHAPTER 4 Ethical Guidelines for Psychology Research

CHAPTER 5 Identifying Good Measurement

 

PART III: Tools for Evaluating Frequency Claims

CHAPTER 6 Surveys and Observations: Describing What People Do

CHAPTER 7 Sampling: Estimating the Frequency of Behaviors and Beliefs

 

PART IV: Tools for Evaluating Association Claims

CHAPTER 8 Bivariate Correlational Research

CHAPTER 9 Multivariate Correlational Research

 

PART V: Tools for Evaluating Causal Claims

CHAPTER 10 Introduction to Simple Experiments

CHAPTER 11 More on Experiments: Confounding and Obscuring Variables

CHAPTER 12 Experiments with More Than One Independent Variable

 

PART VI: Balancing Research Priorities

CHAPTER 13 Quasi-Experiments and Small-N Designs

CHAPTER 14 Replication, Transparency, and the Real World

 

Statistics Review Descriptive Statistics

Statistics Review Inferential Statistics

Presenting Results APA-Style Reports and Conference Posters

Appendix A Random Numbers and How to Use Them

Appendix B Statistical Tables